The 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS is an Australian motor sport competition for GT cars. The series incorporates the "Motorsport Australia GT Championship", the "Motorsport Australia Endurance Championship" and the "GT3 Trophy Series". The Motorsport Australia GT Championship is the 28th running of an Australian GT Championship. This will be the first season of the championship being solely managed by the SRO Motorsports Group. [1] The season will begin on 18 February at the Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama Circuit and end on 10 November, also at Mount Panorama Circuit. [2]
The provisional seven-race calendar was released on 2 November 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia. [2] The calendar was finalized on 9 May 2024, alongside the announcement of the GT Festival, the first-ever event promoted by SRO Motorsports Australia. [3]
Round | Event | Circuit | City / State | Date | Map |
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End. 1 | Repco Bathurst 12 Hour [4] | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 16–18 February | |
1 | Ford Mustang 60 Years Race Phillip Island [5] | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 12–14 April | |
2 | Race Tailem Bend [5] | The Bend Motorsport Park (West) | Tailem Bend, South Australia | 31 May–2 June | |
3 | Eventelec Race Queensland [5] | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 2–4 August | |
4 | GT Festival [6] | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 23–25 August | |
End. 2 | ColorSpec Race Sydney [5] | Sydney Motorsport Park | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | 18–19 October | |
5 | Supercheap Auto Bathurst International [5] | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 8–10 November | |
Bold indicates overall winner
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Pro-Am winners | Am winners | Trophy winners | Ref. | |
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1 | R1 | Phillip Island | No. 8 Arise Racing GT [N 6] | No. 1 Arise Racing GT | No. 44 Valmont Racing | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report |
Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte | Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot | Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua | Valentino Astuti Michael Bailey | ||||
R2 | No. 1 Arise Racing GT | No. 7 Dayle ITM | No. 22 Team MPC | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report | ||
Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot | Brendon Leitch Tim Miles | Ash Samadi | Valentino Astuti Michael Bailey | ||||
2 | R1 | The Bend (West) | No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical | No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering | No. 44 Valmont Racing | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report |
Will Brown Brad Schumacher | Declan Fraser Peter Hackett | Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua | Valentino Astuti Darren Currie | ||||
R2 | No. 8 Arise Racing GT | No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical | No. 45 RAM Motorsport | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report | ||
Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte | Will Brown Brad Schumacher | Mike Sheargold Garth Walden | Valentino Astuti Darren Currie | ||||
3 | R1 | Queensland | No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical | No. 81 Team BRM | No. 16 Black Wolf Motorsport | No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport | Report |
Will Brown Brad Schumacher | Alex Peroni Mark Rosser | Ben Schoots Shane Woodman | Paul Morris Scott Taylor | ||||
R2 | No. 66 Realta | No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical | No. 45 RAM Motorsport | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report | ||
Paul Lucchitti Jayden Ojeda | Will Brown Brad Schumacher | Mike Sheargold Garth Walden | Valentino Astuti Darren Currie | ||||
4 | R1 | Phillip Island | No. 1 Arise Racing GT | No. 1 Arise Racing GT | No. 44 Valmont Racing | No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport | Report |
Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot | Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot | Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua | Paul Morris Scott Taylor | ||||
R2 | No. 1 Arise Racing GT | No. 8 Arise Racing GT | No. 45 RAM Motorsport | No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport | Report | ||
Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot | Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte | Mike Sheargold Garth Walden | Paul Morris Scott Taylor | ||||
5 | R1 | Bathurst | No. 1 Arise Racing GT | No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical | No. 44 Valmont Racing | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report |
Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot | Will Brown Brad Schumacher | Sergio Pires | Valentino Astuti Liam Dunn | ||||
R2 | No. 7 Dayle ITM [N 7] | No. 81 Team BRM | No. 44 Valmont Racing | No. 56 Stephen Coe Racing | Report | ||
Brendon Leitch Tim Miles | Alex Peroni Mark Rosser | Sergio Pires | Stephen Coe |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
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